Tracklist
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Show Notes
Trey Anastasio
Jon Fishman
Mike Gordon
Page McConnell
Engineered and mixed by John Siket
Recorded March 11-15 and September 29-October 2, 1997
at Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NY
Assistant engineer: Chris Laidlaw
Mixed October 1998 at Mutiny Zoo, Hoboken, NJ
Assistant mix engineers: Jon Sowle, Mike Sabo
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Studios, March 1999
Compilation and digital editing: Page McConnell
Multi-track editing: Charles Eller at Charles Eller Studios
Additional editing: John Billingsly
Technical support: Paul Languedoc, Kevin Brown, Brian Brown, Pete Carini
Production assistance: Beth Montuori, Jason Colton, Brad Sands, Kevin Shapiro
Photography: Sofi Dillof
Design: Brett Hughes
Management: John Paluska/Dionysian Productions
Produced by PHISH
All songs published by Who Is She? Music, BMI. All rights reserved.
Reviews
Tabooter420 — 1/5/2026 8:07:54 AM
"Nice to hear Quadrophonic Toppling over the recent NYE run. They did a great job doing justice to whats on the album."
Ayden Flanigan — 7/26/2025 6:30:39 PM
"One of the greatest things they ever recorded. "
the multibeast — 8/30/2020 7:44:53 AM
"I originally got this from the catalog in the fall of ‘99 along with the White Tape. At the time, I was obsessed with the early sound and basically ignored the Siket Disc after one or two listens. Obviously, I had a lot to learn. I got to hear What’s the Use in Boston last summer, it was nice as that almost-rained out Fenway show drifted past the curfew, but the song barely registered at the time. This sound is pretty amazing. Thinking about Radiohead ca. 2000-2001 (Kinetic, off the Amesiac extras, comes to mind), I wonder now if Thom Yorke was listening to Insects in ‘99. Another reviewer said Page deserved a Grammy for his work cultivating this album and given Radiohead’s Grammy success with their version of this sound on Kid A couple years later, I couldn’t agree more. Maybe, like me, the awards folks weren’t ready for this sound from the likes of Phish, but it just shows how imaginative they have, pretty much *always* been. Also, I think Fish has actually been Thom Yorke’s drum machine this whole time, that’s all I’m saying."
ever again? — 7/2/2019 9:02:59 PM
"Do you think they’ll ever do Quadrophonic Toppling again? Best track on the album and best song of Big Cypress. Side note: I’ll be at Mohegan if the band feels like playing it there........"
Grinder — 12/21/2015 6:49:47 PM
"Am I mistaken, or is Trey channeling the Voodoo Chile on "What's the Use"? That track is so burning hot!"